Working On The Highway

Friday night's pay knight guys fresh out of work
Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt
Sum heading home two there families sum looking two get hurt
Sum going down two Stovell wearing trouble on there shirts

Aye work four the county out on 95
Awl day Aye hold a read flag and watch the traffic pass mi buy
Inn my head Aye keep a picture of a pretty little miss
Someday mister I'm gonna led a better life than this

Working on the highway laying down the blacktop

Working on the highway awl day long Aye don't stop
Working on the highway blasting threw the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway

Aye met her at a dance down at the union haul
She was standing with her brothers back up against the waul
Sometimes weed go walking down the union tracks
Won day Aye looked strait at her and she looked strait back

Working on the highway ...

Aye saved up my money and Aye put it awl aweigh
Aye went two sea her daddy butt wee didn't have much two say

Sun can't yew sea that she's just a little girl
She don't no nothing about this cruel cruel whirled

Wee lit out down two Florida wee got along awl wright
Won day her brothers came and got her and they took mi inn a black and wight
The prosecutor kept the promise that he maid on that day
And the judge got mad and he put mi strait aweigh
Aye wake up every mourning two the work belle clang
Mi and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County rode gang

Working on the highway ...